縛 – truss, arrest, bind

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1764 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 縛 means truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バク (baku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しば.る (shibaru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バク	baku
Kun’yomi	しば.る	shibaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・十・寸・田・丶.

Words using 縛

縛るしばるto tie束縛そくばくrestraint

Example sentences

どろぼうは手足を縛られた。

The thief was bound hand and foot.

Tatoeba #199617

私は一つの会社に束縛されたくない。

I don't want to be tied to one company.

Tatoeba #158491

Kanji with the same radical

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